I selected this emulator from the newest version of Android Studio AVD.
I have selected the latest version of android API 23. Because it says "with Google APIs", I thought that it would actually include all the Google apps, including Play Store so that I can install apps like Facebook.
I have seen other threads on SO which seems to be outdated now (How to install Google Play app in Android Studio emulator?), this one gives instructions for installing Google apps based on universal packages but it only goes up to Android 4.3 API 18: http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Google_Apps#Universal_Packages_2
I would like the one for API 23. Is there a way to install the Google Apps package on the emulator?
It seems strange that the official android emulator doesn't come standard with all the google apps in the first place...This doesn't seem very supportive of google and would potential mean developers will have to buy actual devices to develop for API 23?
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Solved in easy way: You should create a new emulator, before opening it for the first time follow these 3 easy steps:
1- go to "C:\Users[user].android\avd[your virtual device folder]" open "config.ini" with text editor like notepad
2- change
"PlayStore.enabled=false" to "PlayStore.enabled=true"
3- change
"mage.sysdir.1 = system-images\android-30\google_apis\x86"
to
"image.sysdir.1 = system-images\android-30\google_apis_playstore\x86"
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To get rid of the "read only error" just stop the device immediately after it’s ready. My script looks as follows:
#!/bin/bash
~/bin/AndroidSdk/tools/emulator @Nexus_6P_API_23 -no-boot-anim &
adb wait-for-device
adb shell stop
adb remount
adb push GmsCore.apk /system/priv-app
adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk /system/priv-app
adb push GoogleLoginService.apk /system/priv-app
adb push Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app
adb shell start
As of now, Installing the apks to the /system
directory seems to be working using adb push
command.
Some hidden service was automatically remounting the /system
directory in read-only
mode.
Any way I was able to install the Play store in a normal virtual-machine ( Ie, non-Google-Api virtual machine ) by simply mounting the system.img
file from my OS and by copying over the files.
# To be executed as root user in your Unix based OS
mkdir sys_temp
mount $SDK_HOME/system-images/android-23/default/x86/system.img sys_temp -o loop
cp Phonesky.apk GmsCore.apk GoogleLoginService.apk GoogleServicesFramework.apk ./sys_temp/priv-app/
umount sys_temp
rmdir sys_temp
The APK files can be pulled from any real Android device running Google Apps by using adb pull
command
[ To get the exact path of the apks, we can use command
pm list packages -f
inside the adb shell ]
What you need to do is update the config.ini
file for the device and re-download the system image.
Update the following values in C:\Users\USER\.android\avd\DEVICE_ID\config.ini
(on Windows) or ~/.android/avd/DEVICE_ID/config.ini
(on Linux)
PlayStore.enabled = true
image.sysdir.1=system-images\android-27\google_apis_playstore\x86\
tag.display=Google Play
tag.id=google_apis_playstore
Then re-download the system image for the device from Android Studio > Tools > AVD Manager
That is all. Restart your device and you'll have the Play Store installed.
This has also been answered here: How to install Google Play app in Android Studio emulator?
Below is the method that worked for me on API 23-25 emulators. The explanation is provided for API 24 but works almost identically for other versions.
Credits: Jon Doe, zaidorx, pjl.
Warm advice for readers: please just go over the steps before following them, as some are automated via provided scripts.
In the AVD manager of Android studio (tested on v2.2.3), create a new emulator with the "Android 7.0 (Google APIs)" target:
Download the latest Open GApps package for the emulator's architecture (CPU/ABI). In my case it was x86_64
, but it can be something else depending on your choice of image during the device creation wizard. Interestingly, the architecture seems more important than the correct Android version (i.e. gapps for 6.0 also work on a 7.0 emulator).
Extract the .apk
files using from the following paths (relative to open_gapps-x86_64-7.0-pico-201#####.zip
):
.zip\Core\gmscore-x86_64.tar.lz\gmscore-x86_64\nodpi\priv-app\PrebuiltGmsCore\
.zip\Core\gsfcore-all.tar.lz\gsfcore-all\nodpi\priv-app\GoogleServicesFramework\
.zip\Core\gsflogin-all.tar.lz\gsflogin-all\nodpi\priv-app\GoogleLoginService\
.zip\Core\vending-all.tar.lz\vending-all\nodpi\priv-app\Phonesky\
Note that Open GApps use the Lzip compression, which can be opened using either the tool found on the Lzip website1,2, or on Mac using homebrew: brew install lzip
. Then e.g. lzip -d gmscore-x86_64.tar.lz
.
I'm providing a batch file that utilizes 7z.exe
and lzip.exe
to extract all required .apk
s automatically (on Windows):
@echo off
echo.
echo #################################
echo Extracting Gapps...
echo #################################
7z x -y open_gapps-*.zip -oGAPPS
echo Extracting Lzips...
lzip -d GAPPS\Core\gmscore-x86_64.tar.lz
lzip -d GAPPS\Core\gsfcore-all.tar.lz
lzip -d GAPPS\Core\gsflogin-all.tar.lz
lzip -d GAPPS\Core\vending-all.tar.lz
move GAPPS\Core\*.tar
echo.
echo #################################
echo Extracting tars...
echo #################################
7z e -y -r *.tar *.apk
echo.
echo #################################
echo Cleaning up...
echo #################################
rmdir /S /Q GAPPS
del *.tar
echo.
echo #################################
echo All done! Press any key to close.
echo #################################
pause>nul
To use this, save the script in a file (e.g. unzip_gapps.bat
) and put everything relevant in one folder, as demonstrated below:
Update the su
binary to be able to modify the permissions of the files we will later upload. A new su
binary can be found in the SuperSU by Chainfire package "Recovery flashable" zip
. Get the zip, extract it somewhere, create the a batch file with the following contents in the same folder, and finally run it:
adb root
adb remount
adb push eu.chainfire.supersu_2.78.apk /system/app/
adb push x64/su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
adb shell "su --daemon &"
adb shell rm /system/app/SdkSetup.apk
Put all .apk
files in one folder and create a batch file with these contents3:
START /B E:\...\android-sdk\tools\emulator.exe @Nexus_6_API_24 -no-boot-anim -writable-system
adb wait-for-device
adb root
adb shell stop
adb remount
adb push PrebuiltGmsCore.apk /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore
adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk /system/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework
adb push GoogleLoginService.apk /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService
adb push Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/Phonesky/Phonesky.apk
adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/**"
adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/*"
adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework/*"
adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService/*"
adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/Phonesky/*"
adb shell start
Notice that the path E:\...\android-sdk\tools\emulator.exe
should be modified according to the location of the Android SDK on your system.
Execute the above batch file (the console should look like this afterwards):
O:\123>START /B E:\...\android-sdk\tools\emulator.exe @Nexus_6_API_24 -no-boot-anim -writable-system
O:\123>adb wait-for-device
Hax is enabled
Hax ram_size 0x60000000
HAX is working and emulator runs in fast virt mode.
emulator: Listening for console connections on port: 5554
emulator: Serial number of this emulator (for ADB): emulator-5554
O:\123>adb root
O:\123>adb shell stop
O:\123>adb remount
remount succeeded
O:\123>adb push PrebuiltGmsCore.apk /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/
[100%] /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/PrebuiltGmsCore.apk
O:\123>adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk /system/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework/
[100%] /system/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework/GoogleServicesFramework.apk
O:\123>adb push GoogleLoginService.apk /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService/
[100%] /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService/GoogleLoginService.apk
O:\123>adb push Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/Phonesky/Phonesky.apk
[100%] /system/priv-app/Phonesky/Phonesky.apk
O:\123>adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/**"
O:\123>adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/*"
O:\123>adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework/*"
O:\123>adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService/*"
O:\123>adb shell su root "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/Phonesky/*"
O:\123>adb shell start
When the emulator loads - close it, delete the Virtual Device and then create another one using the same system image. This fixes the unresponsive Play Store app, "Google Play Services has stopped" and similar problems. It works because in the earlier steps we have actually modified the system image itself (take a look at the Date modified on android-sdk\system-images\android-24\google_apis\x86_64\system.img
). This means that every device created from now on with the system image will have gapps installed!
Start the new AVD. If it takes unusually long to load, close it and instead start it using:
START /B E:\...\android-sdk\tools\emulator.exe @Nexus_6_API_24
adb wait-for-device
adb shell "su --daemon &"
After the AVD starts you will see the image below - notice the Play Store icon in the corner!
3 - I'm not sure all of these commands are needed, and perhaps some of them are overkill... it seems to work - which is what counts. :)
Now there's no need to side load any packages of execute any scripts to get the Play Store on the emulator. Starting from Android Studio 2.4 now you can create an AVD that has Play Store pre-installed on it. Currently it is supported only on the AVDs running Android 7.0 (API 24) system images.
Note: Compatible devices are denoted by the new Play Store column.
Just want to add another solution for React Native users that just need the Expo app.
Here's the script i used on linux for an instance Nexus 5 API 24 x86 WITHOUT GoogleApis.
#!/bin/sh
~/Android/Sdk/tools/emulator @A24x86 -no-boot-anim -writable-system & #where A24x86 is the name i gave to my instance
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb wait-for-device
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb root
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb shell stop
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb remount
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb push ~/gapps/PrebuiltGmsCore.apk /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/PrebuiltGmsCore.apk
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb push ~/gapps/GoogleServicesFramework.apk /system/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework/GoogleServicesFramework.apk
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb push ~/gapps/GoogleLoginService.apk /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService/GoogleLoginService.apk
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb push ~/gapps/Phonesky.apk /system/priv-app/Phonesky/Phonesky.apk
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb shell "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore /system/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework"
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb shell "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService /system/priv-app/Phonesky"
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb shell "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/PrebuiltGmsCore/PrebuiltGmsCore.apk"
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb shell "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/GoogleServicesFramework/GoogleServicesFramework.apk"
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb shell "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/GoogleLoginService/GoogleLoginService.apk"
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb shell "chmod 777 /system/priv-app/Phonesky/Phonesky.apk"
~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb shell start
This one did it for me.
IMPORTANT: in order to stop the app from crashing remember to grant google play services location permissions.
Configuration->Apps->Config(Gear icon)->App permissions->Location->(Top right menú)->Show system->Enable Google Play services
Go to http://opengapps.org/ and download the pico version of your platform and android version. Unzip the downloaded folder to get
1. GmsCore.apk
2. GoogleServicesFramework.apk
3. GoogleLoginService.apk
4. Phonesky.apk
Then, locate your emulator.exe. You will probably find it in
C:\Users\<YOUR_USER_NAME>\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools
Run the command:
emulator -avd <YOUR_EMULATOR'S_NAME> -netdelay none -netspeed full -no-boot-anim -writable-system
Note: Use -writable-system to start your emulator with writable system image.
Then,
adb root
adb remount
adb push <PATH_TO GmsCore.apk> /system/priv-app
adb push <PATH_TO GoogleServicesFramework.apk> /system/priv-app
adb push <PATH_TO GoogleLoginService.apk> /system/priv-app
adb push <PATH_TO Phonesky.apk> /system/priv-app
Then, reboot the emulator
adb shell stop
adb shell start
To verify run,
adb shell pm list packages and you will find com.google.android.gms package for google
Source: Stackoverflow.com